Immediate past Secretary to the Delta State Government, SSG, Comrade Ovuozourie Macaulay, recently donated N2 million to an orphanage home in the state. Macaulay also gave out gift items, including two bags of rice and a cow to the inmate of orphanage home, Human Welfare for Empowerment and Development Initiative, located in Irri, Isoko South…
An insight into the robust and pleasant relationship between the legislature and executive in the state was on Monday given by the Delta State House of Assembly Speaker, Monday Igbuya. The speaker, in an interactive session with key local government functionaries in Delta State said, “the bitterness that has pervaded the passing of state appropriation…
Speaker of the Delta State House of Assembly, Monday Igbuya, on Monday pledged to work towards a robust Nigeria Union of Journalists in the years ahead by giving all the support, encouragement and cooperation in the realization of the union’s set goals, saying,“I am aware that the practice of journalism has become more expensive due…
The impeachment of the former deputy governor of Enugu State, Sunday Onyeabuchi, has been declared illegal. Onyeabuchi was removed from office after the State House of Assembly found him guilty of gross misconduct and running a poultry at the Government House. He was impeached by majority of the House. But in a ruling by Justice…
Paramount Ruler of Yewaland and Olu of Ilaro in Ogun state, Oba (PST) Kehinde Olugbenle, has urged the state governor, Ibikunle Amosun, to work towards the emergence of a candidate of Yewa extraction as governor of the state in 2019. The monarch said since the creation of Ogun State 39 years ago, no one from…
Governor Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State has approved the appointment of Oye Hassan-Odukale as the new Chairman of the State Security Trust Fund Board of Trustees subject to the ratification of the State House of Assembly. The new appointee succeeds Chief Remi Makanjuola whose tenure as Chairman of the Board of Trustees expired after serving…
Market men and women in Lagos have been advised to conduct themselves in a civil manner and avoid any rude actions while transacting their businesses with customers. Speaking during the first stakeholders meeting with the leadership and members of Lagos Markets, Kehinde Joseph, Special Adviser to Governor Akinwunmi Ambode on Civic Engagement, said the current…
Governor Ibikunle Amosun has administered oath of office on 18 Commissioners and Special Advisers at a ceremony held on Thursday at the June 12 Cultural Centre in Abeokuta, the state capital. Amosun charged the new appointees to be politically alert to their environment and accord due respect to the political class. According to him, they…
Some teachers in Abia State, mostly women, on Thursday took to the streets to show their displeasure over government’s refusal to pay their salaries. The demonstrator carried placards displaying various messages all pointing to non-payment of their salaries for months by their employers. They paraded streets of Umuahia, the state capital, urging the government to…
A former deputy governor of Cross River State, Mathias Offoboche, is reportedly dead. Offoboche was said to have passed on in a London hospital after a protracted illness. He reportedly breathed his last on Sunday. According to information gathered by our reporter, Offoboche was a deputy governor under the administration of Dr Clement Isong of…